Posted on 07/29/2025 10:26:27 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
I think a big reason for the increase of homelessness is the legalization of marijuana. It causes psychotic breaks in some people and makes others lazy bums.
Oh, no, you didn’t say it. Marijuana isn’t a drug, it’s a religion. You cannot insult marijuana, may peace be upon him. You just brought a fatwa against yourself
Back in the 90’s, my brother and I were in a large city, and we walked by a panhandler with a sign that said, “Need money for pot.” My brother who was still in high school, said, “Have you ever considered that might be the problem?”
Dump 20 million illegals aliens and give them publicly funded housing and, DUH. And landlords are loving it. Guaranteed tenants. I read some sob story where some dump flea bag hotel was going to close but then the owner got a NGO (government funded) contract to house illegals and now the motel is making bank. And of course we will hear the lamentations of democrats that the same flea bag motel will have to close when mean orangeman kicks out all the illegals.
MaryJane Started That
Aloha Snackbar Shuffle
and Taco Tuesday thing.
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ICE raided Our Park last Week
caught one Coyote and Seven
Undocumented Chihuahuas’
It’s closing mental institutions and enabling addicts by handing out free drugs and refusing to make the lives of the homeless less comfortable.
And stop with all the government freebies of free everything the rest of us pay for both for ourselves when we need it, and for them through taxes.
Dunno about loving it. They trash rental places and break things that the landlord has to pay to fix. They also bring little bug friends in with them and infest places.
> They [illegals] trash rental places and break things … <
I’ve seen pictures of that. Unbelievable trash and garbage lying around in each room.
But I’m guessing a smart landlord will have that covered in his contract with the government. Property must be returned in “broom swept” condition. If not, the renter (the government) must pay for all cleaning, etc.
BTTT
I don’t think you need to insult them. Because at the end of the day who is responsible for this? Our government incentivizes people coming here illegally. It’s basic conservative economics, if you incentivize something you’ll get more of it. And it doesn’t matter how many walls you build. People will find a way. If you want to stop the illegal problem, you have to change the laws and practices so it’s no longer incentivized. That’s it end of story.
Many individual reasons for being homeless, in addition to not being homeless but similarly depressed. Hope is difficult to hang on to, when there is no side of that “swimming pool” within reach, and any coach’s words have become “just more noise.”
A friend who suffers from Schizophrenia, is aware when things are going wrong - when medication events do not mesh with what is happening events. She has some discipline to a point, when she knows that somebody listening is actually interested and cares.
And, she has a home.
Another friend who suffers from something very similar to Epilepsy, suddenly forgets what he was doing, and comes to, laying on the ground. He has good discipline and a steady job - where importantly, the boss understands, and fellow workers are kind re his difficulties.
Routine in these two friend’s lives, is very important - and having a doctor who is smart, and not experimenting on you, helps.
Law enforcement, encountering either friend’s problems, sometimes knows how to help, but other times “thinks” incorrectly and makes matters MUCH WORSE.
Truely ignorant .
“People will find a way.”
They haven’t yet with Trump in office.
They needed a study to find it’s because of illegals?
Most of the contracts Include money for renovation and repairs.
I’m going with “laziness” for a great deal of them.
In Ohio it’s drugs. Many choose the street over a shelter because shelters have rules.
” a smart landlord will have that covered in his contract with the government.”
We know we can trust the government to act in our best interest in all situations. If a place is trashed, the Mayor and his minions will be right over to clean things up.
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